| 单词 | to read mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto read (a person's) mind b. transitive. To make out the character or nature of (a person, or his or her heart, thoughts, desires, etc.) by studying and interpreting outward signs. Now esp. in to read (a person's) mind: to guess, intuit, or discern exactly what a person is thinking or intending to do.to read a person like a book: see to read (also know) like a book at book n. Phrases 2m. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > shape inclinations of, dispose [verb (transitive)] > make out character reada1425 to see through ——a1450 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)] > character reada1425 translate1584 expound1605 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. l. 1364 For which, as wisly God my soule rede, I kan nat sen wherof ye sholden drede. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. Dv If heauens were iust, men should haue open brests, That we therein might read their guilefull thoughts. 1609 R. Jones Mvsicall Dreame viii. sig. E2v Farewell fond youth, if thou hadst not bin blind out of my eye thou mightst haue read my minde. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. sig. B3 Historians, who for the most part doe read men. 1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 24 This they call knowing the world, and reading Men and Manners. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. vii. 285 You are much deceived; you have been reading your own mind, and thought you had read his. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. x. 88 I wish you could read my heart at this moment. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vii. 177 The eye of the soul acquires a discernment whereby some can instantly read the characters of others. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Anybody could read 'ee. 1927 D. K. Henderson & R. D. Gillespie Text-bk. Psychiatry 88 In other cases the patient believes that someone reads his thoughts. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top (1960) 221 ‘If you tell me what's wrong, I can do something about it,’ I said. ‘I can't read your mind.’ 1991 Independent 16 Dec. 1/4 As Director of Counter-Terrorism she brought ‘a dramatic ability to read the terrorists' intentions and second-guess them’. 2002 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 3. 109 We sort of read each other's minds..and we just start cracking up. < as lemmas |
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